A change in the weather – New moths
Things have been fairly quiet on the moth front recently. Numbers have been avergae but the same old species were showing up all the time.
Last saw a change in the weather however, with much warmer overnight temperatures – the minimum was 11ºC, light winds and some rain. This led to some new species in the trap. The catch was:
- 3x Early Thorn
- 8x Hebrew Character
- 2x Small Quaker
- 1x Twenty-plume Moth*
- 2x Water Carpet*
- 1x Red Chestnut
- 1x Garden Carpet*
- 4x Common Quaker
- 2x Shoulder Stripe
- 1x Dark Sword Grass (first this year)
- 1x Double-striped pug
- 1x Brindled Pug
- 1 As yet unidentified Micro*
*= New Garden Record
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- Garden Carpet
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- Twenty-Plume Moth
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- Unidentified Micro
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- Brindled Pug
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- Water Carpet
Stats:
The stats so far are.
2010
Number of species: 30
Moths: 320
All time
Number of species: 51
Moths: 515
